The Worthington advance., 1887-03-24
Counties and County Officers.

Approved March I'd. 1887.
Counties and County Officers.
53.
to the board of county commissioners OF any
unorganized county in this state.
! be 1t enacted by the Legislature of the State of
Minnesota:
| SECTION l. That the board of county commits
sloners OF anv unoryanized county in this state
VINO have been appointed or who shall hereafter
| be appointed by the governor, or who shall be
elected according to law, are ereby authorized
| and empowered TO do and act as hereinafter pro-
vided.
SEC. 2. Said board shall establish independ-
ent school districts in such unorsanized coun-
! ties as needed and demanded by the public and
shall act as trustees OF such school districts es-
taDllshed by them, until such time as each OF
SAID school districts shall elect respectively their
school board. which board shall be governed bythe
IA" as prescribed for tie government OF school
poards IN organized cOulties: and all moneys
belonging to such counties accumulated or ac-
| cumuiatns from the levy of the general one-mill
school tax prescribed by law to be levied NAV
be paid out on the order OF such commissioners
respectively BY the treasurer OF the county co.,
lectlns the same, and shall he disbnrsed by them
pro rata according to the number OF scholars at
tending school in such districts, in main tanning
public schools in said school districts estab-
| llshed by them. and shall be used for no other
SEC. 3. To organize such road districts and to
| lay out and open such roads in said county as
| shall De necessary for or required by the busi-
GERS OF the county to which such unorganized
county may be attached for purposes OF taxa
tlon shall levy annually a road and bridge tax
not exceeding III aggregate one mill per on
| all the taxable land in said county, as portion
ana part OF the taxes that may be COL
lected from the property in such unorganized
county; and said money shall be- paid out by
such treasurer Of such county only on the
| order OF the commissioners of such unoryani zed
county as hereinafter provided, and shall be
expended by them Oh roads and bridges in such
| unorgan!zed county,
| Nothing in this act shall be construed to au-
thorize the levying Of any other or greater tax
| than is provided by law for taxation of such un-
organized counties respectively in this state
SEC. 4. The commissioners Of such unorgan-
! 1zed county before enterin. upon the duties of
| their office or receiving any moneys under or
pursuant to this act, shall make and file with the
| board OF county commissioners to which such un-
organized county Is attached, bond, running
to said commissioners, with two or more sniff
clent sureties, to be approved by judge of the
district court of the judicial district in which
| such unorgan!Zed county is situated, in all
| amount double the amount of such school, roa d
| and bridge tax levy: and shall with such county
commissioners also file a certificate from the
governor or state auditor showing that they have
been duly appointed or elected commissioners
OF such unorSanized county: and all orders on
! the treasurer for moneys to be paid pursuant to
this act shall be signed by two OF such commits
! siOners.
SEC. 5. The compensation of such county
two dollars CS2) per iav while performing their
duties under the provisions Of this act, PAYABLE
out Of the one-mill road and bridge tax levy
| heretofore provided for: provided, that such
! services shall not exceed in the aggregate enc
| hundred days in each year.
| SEC =. All acts or parts OF acts inconsistent
| with this act are hereby repealed.
SEC: :. This act shall take effect and be in
force from and after its passage
Approved Feb. 2lst, 1887.
AN ACT to provide for filing vacancies in the
| board OF county commissioners. and to repeal
section lo4 Of chapter eight (s) of the General
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State Of
Minnesota:
SECTION L. That whenever any vacancy shall
occur In any office OF county commissioner from
death. resignation, removal, or otherwise. more
than thirty 800 days before any general election
tor county officers; the chairman Of the board Of
Supervisors In such town, and the presiding Off
Ger OF any incorporated village or villages, city
| or cities, which may be included in any COM
| mlssioners district, when such vacancy shall
| happen or 4 majority of such officers shall as
sembe at the court house at the county seat
| and appoint or elect person who is resident
person so elected or appointed shall continue in
office until the next general election, and until
| his successor is elected and qualified.
PrOvlued, That whenever any such vacancy
| shall occur in any commissioners district which
| Is comprised wholly within the limits Of any in
corporated city, then such vacancy shall be filled
by the common council Of such incorporated
city. That the person elected appointed un-
der the provisions of this act shall receive GER
titcate thereof, and shall file his certificate of
election In the Office OF the district court of HIS
county. and shall take the oath of office and
qualify In the manner now prescribed for county
| commissioners,
That the absence Of any county commissioner
! from his county for six (6) successive months
| shall be deemed vacancy Of his Office within
! the meaning OF this act.
That whenever q vacancy occurs in the Office
OF commissioner as aforesaid, it shall be the duty
OF the county auditor to Immediately give notice
| Thereon to such chairman and presiding officer.
| SEC That section one hundred and four
uO4) OF chapter eight ~ of the General Statutes
Of One thousand eight hundred and seventy
eight 1879 be and the same is hereby repealed.
SEC J. This act shall take effect and be in
| force from and after its passage.
Approved March 7th. 1897.
f; AN ACT to provide for the compensation Of
auditors and treasurers OF counties where un-
organized counties are attached.
Be 1t enacted by the Legislature Of the State of
Minnesota:
SECTION l. That the county commissioners
| OF any county in this state, to which any unor-
ganized county ls attached, are hereby empow-
cred and authorized to fix annually the extra
compensation Of the county audit or and treasu-
rer or such county for the additional labor occa-
stoned by such annexation of such unorganized
territory.
Provided, that in no case shall such additional
compensation bo fixed at a greater sum than
that provided by law for the compensation Of
like officials In organized counties of like valua-
| tion.
Sec. 2. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent
with this act are hereby repealed.
| SEC 3. This act shall take eject and be in
| force from and after It's passage.
| Approved March 7th. 1887.
Sc.